Sometimes in WordPress the header tags and links start appearing inside the body tag.

 
 
 
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  meta tags and stylesheets
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This problem generally occurs due to specific encoding of the file. We need to change the file encoding from UTF-8 to “UTF-8 without BOM” (BOM=”byte-order-mark”) and save it again. We can use Notepad++ as it allows us to specify the encoding we want to save the file in.

To change the default encoding for new and/or opened documents in Notepad++ go to Settings -> Preferences -> New Document/Default Directory and under encoding select “UTF-8 without BOM” and select “Apply to opened ANSI files” as well.